The Department of Justice has dismissed the suit for syndicated estafa and swindling filed against former ambassador Alfonso Yuchengco, members of his family and other directors and officers of the bankrupt pre-need firm Pacific Plans Inc.
An attempt to personalize the dosage of medicine according to a patient’s most basic genetic structure was chosen as the best university scientific research this year.
The cost of several expensive medical diagnostic tests will be cut by at least half when government nuclear scientists start the local production of the most commonly used medical radioactive isotope next year.
Claiming he was in a “damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don’t” situation, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said he would rather be sued by a supplier over bidding failures than risk facing graft charges for approving a “defective” contract for P242.8 million worth of fire-fighting equipment.
